De Zuidster, het land der diamanten by Jules Verne

"De Zuidster, het land der diamanten" by Jules Verne is a novel published in 1884. Set in South Africa's diamond fields, the story follows French mining engineer Victor Cyprien as he attempts to win the hand of Alice Watkins, daughter of a wealthy landowner. When his artificial diamond experiment appears successful, producing a massive 243-carat gem called The Star of the South, Victor's triumph turns to disaster as the diamond mysteriously vanishes during a celebration banquet. A desperate chase across the dangerous Veld ensues to recover the stolen treasure. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
Title De Zuidster, het land der diamanten
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vanished_Diamond Wikipedia page about this book: de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_S%C3%BCdstern_oder_Das_Land_der_Diamanten
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language Dutch
LoC Class PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject Diamond mines and mining -- South Africa -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 17580
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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